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Progressive political and social criticism is conceptually coherent only if an argument can be given showing why some states of affairs are preferable to others.

In order to justify the claim that some states of affairs are preferable to others, some minimally realist account of truth must be presupposed.

Crude relativism about truth cannot provide a conceptually coherent foundation for progressive criticisms of any state of affairs and, by extension, cannot support justifications for preferring one state of affairs over others.

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Why Progressives Need a (Minimally) Realist Theory of Truth

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Progressive political and social criticism is conceptually coherent only if an argument can be given showing why some states of affairs are preferable to others.

In order to justify the claim that some states of affairs are preferable to others, some minimally realist account of truth must be presupposed.

Crude relativism about truth cannot provide a conceptually coherent foundation for progressive criticisms of any state of affairs and, by extension, cannot support justifications for preferring one state of affairs over others.